Based on the context clues in this sentence, what is your best guess at a synonym for PERSISTENT?

“Are we back to that again? You are a persistent little man.” — from A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin

Based on the context clues in this sentence, what is your best guess of a synonym for skittish?

“They listened to the footsteps in the hallway above, one heavy and foreboding, the other the pattering of a skittish little animal.” (Source: A Thousand Splendid Suns)

Which of the following is most likely to be skittish?

Given the context clues in these two sentences, what would you guess is the best definition of luminous?

“I saw the cat's luminous eyes in my car's headlights.”

”The room was luminous with sunlight.”

The opposite of luminous is…

The opposite of timid is…

Which of these is most likely to be timid?

“Dogged,” “stubborn” and “unyielding” are both synonyms for tenacious. So is this other adjective from our list:

What does INQUISITIVE mean in the following sentence?

“Travis gave him an INQUISITIVE eyebrow raise.”

Which of the following sounds INQUISITIVE?

Given the context clues in these two sentences, what would you guess is the best definition of insolent?

“Insolent behavior will not be tolerated.“

“His worst behavior is being insolent and arrogant with the school counselor.”

Given the context clues in this sentence, what’s your best guess of the definition of prudent?

“Prudent burners take several precautions. Burning one of two bordering fields, they wet the edge of one or the other, usually the one being burned, to prevent the flames from jumping.” — Alec Wilkinson, Big Sugar, 1989

The opposite of prudent is…

Given the context clues in this sentence, what’s your best guess at the definition of wary?

“When she was in college, Katie was robbed by a person wearing a hoodie. To this day, she’s still wary of anyone in a sweatshirt.”

Given the context clues in this sentence, what’s your best guess at a definition of plucky?

“Even the marauding hawk, which strikes terror in every other feathered breast, will be driven off by the plucky little kingbird.”

Which of the following is best described as plucky?

Which adjective fits best in the following sentence?

“Still, shoppers remain _________ about the economic recovery, leaving the retail industry uncertain about the upcoming holiday season.” (Source: The Washington Post)

Which adjective fits best in the following sentence?

“Given that Haiti is vulnerable to hurricanes and earthquakes, it would be _______ to establish building codes and disaster-response initiatives

Which adjective fits best in the following sentence?

“Long after dark, Kit heard her whisper outside the shed wall, so ________ and faint that at first she thought she must have imagined it.” (Source: The Witch of Blackbird Pond)

Which adjective fits best in the following sentence?

“Emma silently nesled against Charles’s shoulder; then, raising her chin, she watched _________ rays of the rockets against the dark sky.” (Source: Madame Bovary)